Winter Storm as well as rain for North Carolina this week

Impact Weather: Winter Storm concerns and significant rain with a flood threat

Winter Storm concerns, significant rain, and cold air

Updated: 10:45 PM EST Feb 9, 2025

WELL, LAINEY, I KNOW THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE PROBABLY ENJOYED SOME ICE CREAM AND SOME COLD DRINKS WITH THOSE WARM TEMPERATURES, BUT I’M SURE THAT WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO, UNFORTUNATELY, BRING BACK OUT THAT SOUP WITH THESE COLD TEMPERATURES THAT WE’RE ABOUT TO FEEL AGAIN. WE DEFINITELY GOT SOUP AND CHILLY WEATHER ON THE WAY FOR SURE, AS WE’VE GOT TEMPERATURES DROPPING QUITE A BIT WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 30S AND 40S. SO THOSE 60S THAT WE HAD OUT THERE TODAY, BOY, THEY WERE DEFINITELY SPECIAL. HOPEFULLY YOU ENJOYED IT THERE. THE SKIES OVER STUART VIRGINIA TODAY. GORGEOUS. NOW THAT IS ONE OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT IS ACTUALLY UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH. THAT IS HOW MUCH THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. MUCH COLDER, 30S AND 40S FOR HIGHS THIS WEEK. WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BRING INCHES OF RAIN OUR WAY BY THE END OF THIS WEEK, AND SOME WINTER STORM CONCERNS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO THE VIRGINIA BORDER. TODAY’S HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S 68 GREENSBORO, 69 IN WINSTON-SALEM, AND THAT 68 IN GREENSBORO WAS REAL CLOSE TO BREAKING THE RECORD FROM 1994 OF 69 DEGREES. WE ARE 39 RIGHT NOW IN GALAX. WE’RE IN THE MID 40S FROM WINSTON-SALEM TO GREENSBORO. THERE IS THE COLDER AIR THAT IS GOING TO BE MOVING IN BEHIND THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE. THAT’S BRINGING US SOME WET WEATHER RIGHT NOW. SO THERE ARE SOME SHOWERS OUT THERE. WE’LL SEE THEM OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS, AND THEN THOSE TWO WILL FADE AWAY BY EARLY TOMORROW. BUT SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DOWNPOURS RIGHT NOW IN THE EASTERN PART OF FORSYTH COUNTY FROM KERNERSVILLE UP TOWARD BELEWS LAKE, ALSO ALONG HIGHWAY 220, AND THEN WORKING YOUR WAY OVER TOWARD REIDSVILLE AND RUFFIN. SOME HEAVIER RAIN. WE ALSO HAVE SOME POCKETS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM LEXINGTON DOWN TOWARD HIGH ROCK LAKE. AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. BY TOMORROW MORNING. WE HAVE A LOT OF CLOUDS ARE GOING TO HANG ON TO A SMALL RAIN CHANCE IN OUR SOUTHEASTERN TRIAD COMMUNITIES JUST IN THE MORNING. THEN THE CLOUDS WILL THIN OUT A LITTLE BIT BY LUNCHTIME, AND THEN BY AFTERNOON. WE ARE MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS THE AREA AND WE ARE DEFINITELY COOLER. AND WE WILL HAVE GOTTEN AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN ON THE ORDER OF ABOUT A 10TH OF AN INCH OR SO. THERE’S THAT SMALL RAIN CHANCE IN THE MORNING 38 DEGREES TO START. WE’RE UP TO 48 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. A COOL BREEZE, DECREASING CLOUDS, AND THIS IS CLOSER TO NORMAL WITH A HIGH NEAR 50 IN THE FOOTHILLS. MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 30S. IT’S COOLER TOMORROW IN THE MOUNTAINS AS WELL, WITH A HIGH OF 45 TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WE’VE GOT PLENTY OF COLD AIR THAT NOW IS GOING TO BE SETTLING SOUTHWARD, AND THEN WE’RE JUST GOING TO TRACK THESE WAVES OF MOISTURE THAT WILL WORK THEIR WAY ALONG THE DEEP SOUTH AND THE GULF COAST. SO WE’VE GOT REAL HIGH RAIN CHANCES FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. SOME OF THIS IS GOING TO BE WINTRY AS WELL. OUR FORECAST HIGHS HAVE US ONLY AT 35 ON TUESDAY. UPPER 30S, CLOSE TO 40 ON WEDNESDAY. WE DO HAVE A WINTER STORM WATCH THAT HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING TOMORROW. IT’S NOT UNTIL TOMORROW NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING THAT WE ANTICIPATE A MIXTURE OF SNOW, AREA ESPECIALLY. THAT’S WHY WE’VE GOT THAT WINTER STORM. WATCH OUT ALREADY FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES. AND YES, THAT MEANS WE COULD HAVE SOME SNOW AND SLEET. BUT ALSO ICE IS A CONCERN WITH THIS STORM. THERE MIGHT EVEN BE A TOUCH OF WINTRY WEATHER, AT LEAST INITIALLY. TUESDAY, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE TRIAD NORTH OF I-85. SO THAT’S SOMETHING WE’RE GOING TO REALLY BE WATCHING CLOSELY AS TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING FOR MOST OF THE DAY. TYPICALLY, WHEN WE GET THIS SCENARIO, IT IS MAINLY THE FOOTHILLS AND THE MOUNTAINS THAT DO GET THE WINTRY WEATHER WITH THIS. BUT AGAIN, SOMETHING WORTH WATCHING FOR SURE, ESPECIALLY AS THOSE MORNING TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIAD ARE GOING TO BE VERY CLOSE TO FREEZING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. BY THE TIME VALENTINE’S DAY GETS HERE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DRIER, BUT THAT IS SHORT LIVED WITH MORE WET WEATHER HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND FROM LEXINGTON TO LEWISVILLE.

Impact Weather: Winter Storm concerns and significant rain with a flood threat

Winter Storm concerns, significant rain, and cold air

Updated: 10:45 PM EST Feb 9, 2025

COLDER WEEK AHEAD, POSSIBLY WINTRY TOOResist the urge to put away your winter wardrobe. The cold season is not over yet. On Monday, high temperatures will drop into the 40s and stay there most of next week. The cool down will coincide with several days of wet weather in the South. It appears that the Triad will experience several rounds of chilly rain with the possibility that it may be a touch wintry in the Triad early Tuesday and Wednesday. There is a greater chance for periods of wintry weather in the North Carolina mountains northward into Virginia.WINTER STORM CONCERNS IN MOUNTAINS & NORTHERN PIEDMONT TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH has been issued for Alleghany, Ashe, Grayson, Carroll, Patrick, Henry, and Pittsylvania counties for accumulating snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Wintry mix is becoming more likely by Monday night into Tuesday near and along the Blue Ridge Parkway, the western Foothills, and neighborhoods along the North Carolina and Virginia border.Moderate accumulations of freezing rain are expected to cause glazing on roads and elevated surfaces like trees and power lines on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please prepare now for the possibility of winter weather this week. In addition to monitoring the threat of icing on trees and power lines, meteorologists and hydrologists at the National Weather Service in Blacksburg will be monitoring the radar and forecast to determine if flood watches will be needed in the North Carolina Mountains and Southwestern Virginia. Areas from Boone, Sparta, Stuart, to Mount Airy may be the most likely to experience flooding in the coming week with the potential for up to three inches of rainfall over three days.For now, expect a period of colder and wetter weather this week. Tuesday through Thursday are Weather Impact Days for high rain chances. We will provide more details on any local winter weather impact as the forecast evolves.Between two and four inches of rainfall will be possible from Boone to Burlington by the end of this week. We could actually use the rain, but we will need to keep an eye out for possible flooding in the mountains as rainfall adds up through the week.

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COLDER WEEK AHEAD, POSSIBLY WINTRY TOO

Resist the urge to put away your winter wardrobe. The cold season is not over yet. On Monday, high temperatures will drop into the 40s and stay there most of next week. The cool down will coincide with several days of wet weather in the South. It appears that the Triad will experience several rounds of chilly rain with the possibility that it may be a touch wintry in the Triad early Tuesday and Wednesday. There is a greater chance for periods of wintry weather in the North Carolina mountains northward into Virginia.

WINTER STORM CONCERNS IN MOUNTAINS & NORTHERN PIEDMONT TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY

A WINTER STORM WATCH has been issued for Alleghany, Ashe, Grayson, Carroll, Patrick, Henry, and Pittsylvania counties for accumulating snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Wintry mix is becoming more likely by Monday night into Tuesday near and along the Blue Ridge Parkway, the western Foothills, and neighborhoods along the North Carolina and Virginia border.

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WINTER STORM WATCH: Mountains- A wintry mix is likely Monday night through Wednesday afternoon. A combination of snow and sleet as well as some freezing rain will accumulate and potentially cause travel issues as well as power outages. Prepare now. Get the latest on WXII 12 News pic.twitter.com/t0cRMq38Q9

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Moderate accumulations of freezing rain are expected to cause glazing on roads and elevated surfaces like trees and power lines on Tuesday and Wednesday. Please prepare now for the possibility of winter weather this week.

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In addition to monitoring the threat of icing on trees and power lines, meteorologists and hydrologists at the National Weather Service in Blacksburg will be monitoring the radar and forecast to determine if flood watches will be needed in the North Carolina Mountains and Southwestern Virginia. Areas from Boone, Sparta, Stuart, to Mount Airy may be the most likely to experience flooding in the coming week with the potential for up to three inches of rainfall over three days.

WXII 12 News Weather

For now, expect a period of colder and wetter weather this week. Tuesday through Thursday are Weather Impact Days for high rain chances. We will provide more details on any local winter weather impact as the forecast evolves.

Between two and four inches of rainfall will be possible from Boone to Burlington by the end of this week. We could actually use the rain, but we will need to keep an eye out for possible flooding in the mountains as rainfall adds up through the week.